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Fitch was on a 16-fight winning streak and a victory against St-Pierre would have been Fitch's ninth consecutive UFC win, a new UFC record. St-Pierre defeated Fitch by unanimous decision (50–43, 50–44, and 50–44), [ 63 ] scoring multiple strikes and taking the former Purdue wrestling captain down seemingly at will.
The event was the second that the promotion has hosted at Madison Square Garden. [3]A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion and The Ultimate Fighter 3 light heavyweight winner Michael Bisping and former two-time UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre headlined this event.
At the time, UFC 83 officially broke two UFC records. [8] The first record broken was the fastest sellout ever. The UFC sold most of the tickets to UFC Fight Club members in the first 24 hours of the fightclub presale. The rest of the tickets were sold within one minute of the public sale. The second record broken was the UFC attendance record.
On December 16, 1994, Royce Gracie became the first fighter to reach 10 fights in the UFC. [1] On July 7, 2007, Tito Ortiz became the first fighter to reach 20 fights in the UFC. [2] On September 8, 2018, Jim Miller became the first fighter to reach 30 fights in the UFC. [3]
The two-division UFC champion made a somewhat surprising pick. Georges St-Pierre, widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, recently revealed his pick in an interview with ...
These bouts aired at a new time of 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT, as the UFC announced on March 5, 2011, that UFC 129 would be the first PPV to air live at 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT. [25] UFC Primetime returned to promote the St-Pierre/Shields title fight. [26] On April 19, 2011, it was revealed that two of the preliminary bouts would air on a Facebook stream. [27]
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He used his first big payout to fuel further success.